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antonmik > 9 months ago, 21 Nov 2019

antonmik

145 posts

21 Nov 2019 5:52pm

My idea is this. I want one Board. For strong wind on the fin and for light wind on the Foil. Because the boards have a narrow stern. Want to do a plywood platform and put it in the second loop. And when the normal wind took off the pad and ride on the fin.

mm7

17 posts

21 Nov 2019 9:08pm

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antonmik said..
My idea is this. I want one Board. For strong wind on the fin and for light wind on the Foil. Because the boards have a narrow stern. Want to do a plywood platform and put it in the second loop. And when the normal wind took off the pad and ride on the fin.

You can do it. However wide stern helps in racing style riding. Where you need to right big sail that is sheet in and creates lots of heeling moment. And also wide board helps to go higher on a wind, kind of extending your back leg.
For free ride and free-style riding the width of stern does not play that significant role.

antonmik

145 posts

21 Nov 2019 9:15pm

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mm7 said..

and when the wind is ragged(does not blow exactly like the sea). I think a wide platform will help.

Grantmac

2339 posts

22 Nov 2019 1:37am

If using less than a 5m sail I don't see a need for the wide tail. I use a regular freeride board with single rear strap and inboard fronts.

LeeD

3939 posts

22 Nov 2019 9:21am

Might make it slower by far by eliminating your ability to unmet once planing on the platform...or might increase surface area too much to really plane.
Your idea has merit, but is the opposite idea of cutouts.

LeeD

3939 posts

22 Nov 2019 9:22am

UnWet.

hoop

1979 posts

22 Nov 2019 1:49pm

It goes on the deck, not the bottom.

LeeD

3939 posts

23 Nov 2019 12:34am

THAT's been done but it's a reaction of too narrow board paired with course slalom foil.

Grantmac

2339 posts

23 Nov 2019 1:12am

Just to back this up a little:
What foil and how wide is the board?

Paducah

2792 posts

23 Nov 2019 1:46am

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LeeD said..
THAT's been done but it's a reaction of too narrow board paired with course slalom foil.

If you look at the video, it was done on a fairly wide board to create footstrap positions suitable for foiling. A lot of the older style formula boards have back straps too far forward. As well, some have done it because the shape of the rail in the rear is too rounded and they want a flatter deck to match the more upright position of foiling.

LeeD

3939 posts

23 Nov 2019 3:25am

Wrong foil for that board.

Paducah

2792 posts

23 Nov 2019 9:07am

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LeeD said..
Wrong foil for that board.

Sorry, dude. I can't even.

LeeD

3939 posts

23 Nov 2019 10:57am

No you can't.
80+ cm race foils don't match with narrow, sub 78cm boards with narrow tails.
Just like 69cm wings don't match with 91 or 100 cm wide boards.
Mow you can.

Paducah

2792 posts

23 Nov 2019 10:00pm

90 cm mast - 121 cm wide wing -72 cm wide board

LeeD

3939 posts

24 Nov 2019 12:47am

220 lbs.?

Paducah

2792 posts

24 Nov 2019 2:41am

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LeeD said..
220 lbs.?

Please clarify

CJW

NSW

1731 posts

25 Nov 2019 12:20am

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Paducah said..

LeeD said..
Wrong foil for that board.

Sorry, dude. I can't even.

Re quoted....because it needs to be.

Grantmac

2339 posts

25 Nov 2019 1:49am

OP didn't mention which foil, sail size or board he's talking about, so making any conclusions is assumption. Except in this case it's only making an ass of u, not me.

Paducah

2792 posts

26 Nov 2019 3:02am

Just saw this on the ifoil website: Optional heel extenders

source: windsurf.star-board.com/products/iqfoil/

thedoor

2487 posts

28 Nov 2019 12:00pm

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Creative as

WhiteofHeart

798 posts

29 Nov 2019 5:27am

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LeeD said..
No you can't.
80+ cm race foils don't match with narrow, sub 78cm boards with narrow tails.
Just like 69cm wings don't match with 91 or 100 cm wide boards.
Mow you can.

Bull****, 105cm mast / 110 fuselage / 90cm frontwing Lok?foil PWA foil works like a charm with my 90L 65x180 foilboard. Its one of the easiest combos I've ever used.

LeeD

3939 posts

29 Nov 2019 6:58am

Fatso's need huge gear, don't you?

Windbot

510 posts

29 Nov 2019 7:02am

On my last board I made my own heel extenders out of a yoga block that I shaved down and glued on with rubber cement. On their own they were slippery so I I attached some deckpad EVA. They made quite a difference for driving the board upwind. The board was 72cm wide. You'll also notice that under the front straps I put an old pair of kiting footpads to help get my front feet a bit farther from the board's center too. These didn't make as much difference as the yoga blocks, but still helped a little bit.

antonmik

145 posts

29 Nov 2019 3:34pm

The idea is very good. But I want to make M6 threaded stainless steel mortgages. Thread M6 will help to quickly remove and put the Board plus you can press the bolts, which are screwed into the head of deep tuttle.

I like that the reinvent(write on forum raceyou not d so as there there is idiot which believes themselves king, not one race not won). I don't understand why manufacturers don't understand this, that most non-athletes want different equipment.

utcminusfour

778 posts

29 Nov 2019 9:42pm

Go for it mate it is not going to hurt the board so give it a try. Be prepared for a challenge getting into the back strap and then be prepared for WAY better upwind angles. Build your platform out of foam core and glass to make it lighter.

antonmik

145 posts

2 Dec 2019 4:53pm

For quick removal and installation of hinges without alteration of mortgages. I'm thinking of using a self-tapping screw or screwing in a mortgage for furniture.

tonyk

QLD

609 posts

30 Mar 2020 9:17am

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Paducah said..
Just saw this on the ifoil website: Optional heel extenders

source: windsurf.star-board.com/products/iqfoil/

Has anyone in Australia purchased a set of these as a spare part and put them on a old board ?
If so, where did you buy from ?

CYVRWoody

133 posts

30 Mar 2020 12:42pm

That's a skateboard upside down.

Mitch Pearson

QLD

271 posts

30 Mar 2020 4:33pm

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tonyk said..

Paducah said..
Just saw this on the ifoil website: Optional heel extenders

source: windsurf.star-board.com/products/iqfoil/

Has anyone in Australia purchased a set of these as a spare part and put them on a old board ?
If so, where did you buy from ?

I asked Starboard about them for fitting to regular formula boards. This is Remi's response

'This heel extension can be fix easily with footstraps screws but the M7 32, the 28 are to short and this is for only this boards : iQFoil 100, 95 & 91.

And yes available to be ordered'

antonmik

145 posts

8 May 2020 1:36am

Here is what you need from carbon fiber platform. Put and ride.

segler

1658 posts

8 May 2020 8:58pm

Back in 2017 some course racers in San Francisco experimented with platforms on the sterns of their formula boards so they could stand further back relative to the finbox. This was necessary with the popular F4 foils they were using, since the F4 was famous for having a very aft wing.

That has all changed by now, three years later, especially since race foils typically run the wing further forward.

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